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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Claire honors her father by forging replica art masterpieces so that he can sell them as originals, in place of her mother who died of TB. Claire longs to paint her own masterpieces and to get away from the lie that is her life. Copies, sold as copies are not wrong, but the forgery she is forced to do is getting the best of her. Her father's art gallery is ransacked and he is killed in the robbery. Now is Claire's time to flea her past and start afresh. Through gracious people around her, she arrives in Nashville to gain employment with a weathy widow, knowlegeable in things of society and art. Claire is to be her liason, or right hand gal and she is delighted to work with Ms Acklen and her 4 children, especially as she begins to grow found of Ms. Acklen's attorney Mr. Monroe. If they discover her past however, they will not be as forgiving. Will her past catch up to her and explose her for who she really is?

Fantastic novel that has suspense and the romaticism of the arts. Beautiful descriptions of France and the great artwork of Europe. Mix in a love triangle, a spotty past, and clashes of classes and Tamara Alexander has written a top notch Christian novel, reflecting well the history of the time.

Couldn't put it down, it was so well described I wanted to go visit the Belmont Mansion myself!

Kindle Fire Giveaway and Facebook Party from Tamera Alexander!

While Tamera and her book, A Lasting Impression, are traveling across the country virtually
(with a few international stops as well!), she will be hosting a Kindle
Fire Giveaway (11/4 - 11/15) and preparing for a lavish Southern-Style Facebook Party(11/15) (dripping
with hospitality, of course). She will be giving away Southern Food
Baskets, books, and an array of other fabulous freebies! Don't miss a
minute of the fun. Swoon!

A copy of A Lasting Impression and 3 other special books Tamera wants you to have (for Kindle)

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends at noon on November 15th. Winner will be announced at A Lasting Impression Facebook Party on the 15th. Tamera will be wrapping up the A Lasting Impression celebration
with an author chat and giving away Southern Food Baskets (Loveless
Cafe Food Baskets, books, Amazon & Starbucks gift certificates, and
copies of Christy Jordan's Southern Plate cookbook), six gift certificates to Starbucks and Amazon.com, and copies of A Lasting Impression! So grab your copy of A Lasting Impression (it's
okay if you don't have one yet- you might win one!) and join Tamera on
the evening of November 15th for an author chat, a trivia contest (How
much do you know about the 1860's?) and lots of Southern-inspired
giveaways (complete listing here).